**OVER 2 MILLION COPIES SOLD** SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE #9 in the New York Times '100 Best Books of the 21st Century' 'Brilliantly executed.' MARGARET ATWOOD 'A page-turner and a heartbreaker.' TIME 'Masterly.' SUNDAY TIMES One of the most acclaimed novels of the 21st Century, from the Nobel Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro imagines the lives of a group of students growing up in a darkly skewed version of contemporary England. Narrated by Kathy, now thirty-one, Never Let Me Go dramatises her attempts to come ...
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**OVER 2 MILLION COPIES SOLD** SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE #9 in the New York Times '100 Best Books of the 21st Century' 'Brilliantly executed.' MARGARET ATWOOD 'A page-turner and a heartbreaker.' TIME 'Masterly.' SUNDAY TIMES One of the most acclaimed novels of the 21st Century, from the Nobel Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro imagines the lives of a group of students growing up in a darkly skewed version of contemporary England. Narrated by Kathy, now thirty-one, Never Let Me Go dramatises her attempts to come to terms with her childhood at the seemingly idyllic Hailsham School and with the fate that has always awaited her and her closest friends in the wider world. A story of love, friendship and memory, Never Let Me Go is charged throughout with a sense of the fragility of life. 'Exquisite.' GUARDIAN 'A feat of imaginative sympathy.' NEW YORK TIMES What readers are saying: 'A book I will return to again and again, and one that keeps me thinking even after finishing it.' 'I loved it, every single word of it.' 'It took me wholly by surprise.' 'Utterly beautiful.' 'Essentially perfect.'
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Add this copy of Never Let Me Go to cart. $7.71, very good condition, Sold by M Godding Books Ltd rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Devizes, WILTS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2006 by Faber and Faber.
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None. Fine in Near Fine jacket. A fine, signed first edition of this immensely successful novel by Kazuo Ishiguro. A work of science fiction imagining a cruel dystopian 1990s England which allows human cloning for the purpose of organ harvest. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and adapted into a 2010 film. Written by Sir Kazuo Ishiguro, a British writer born in Nagasaki, Japan, one of the most renowned and celebrated authors of contemporary fiction in the English language. A first edition, first printing. Complete with the smart dust wrapper. With Kazuo Ishiguro's signature tipped in to the title page. A splendid signed first edition of a popular work of modern fiction. In the publisher's original full cloth binding with an unclipped dust wrapper. Externally lovely. Dust wrapper is in excellent condition. Author's signature tipped in to the title page. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine.
Add this copy of Never Let Me Go to cart. $1,004.17, like new condition, Sold by Rooke Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from BATH, SOMERSET, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2005 by Faber and Faber.
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None. Fine in Near Fine jacket. A signed first edition of Kazuo Ishiguro's award winning work of speculative science fiction. A lovely copy of this important work. The signed first edition, first impression of this immensely successful novel from Nobel Prize for Literature winning author Kazuo Ishiguro, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper. Signed by Ishiguro to the title page, and with a Hatchard's wraparound band identifying this as a 'Signed Copy'. A celebrated work of dystopian science fiction imagining a cruel dystopian 1990s England in which human cloning is permitted for the purpose of organ harvesting. Upon release, the work was met with critical acclaim, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2005 as well as winning the 2006 Arthur C. Clarke award. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. With wraparound band identifying this as a signed copy. Externally, fine. Light marks to dust wrapper back strip and head of front wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Signed to title page. Pages clean and bright. Fine.
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine.
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lizfly
Jul 24, 2009
Dark and Lovely
In turns both captivating and sleepy, "Never Let Me Go" is an atmospheric, tender, and heartbreaking story masquerading as a mystery novel. It is told in Kathy's voice, and her straightforward description of the facts of her life - with no explanation of unfamilar terms (which turn out to be unfamiliar because they only exist in Kazuo Ishiguro's alternate reality) - subtly and beautifully reveal the emotional underbelly of the narrative layer by gradual layer. Ishiguro's delicate, engaging prose suck you right in - and the feeling that the answers to all of Kathy's questions are JUST around the corner keeps the reader pushing through the slower, and sometimes dreary sections. Though occassionally the logistics of this slightly altered reality are a bit hazy, one gets the impression that this is simply because Kathy's exposure to the world has been hazy itself. Her unsentimental account of her life will slowly break your heart. If you're looking for a nailbiting thriller, this ain't it. But for a quietly devastating, very human story that will stay with you for a long time after you turn the last page, look no further.
17241518
Dec 25, 2008
Bradbury redux
I'm an old man and have been a heavy reader for decades. I've read thousands of books. I say this to give weight to the following statement..."Never Let Me Go" is an original novel. For me, discovering originality of plot, of thesis, is exceedingly rare. The story is well presented; leisurely yet meticulous, and credible thruout. It made me think of Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451." Both novels take outrageous ideas and present them with a high degree of plausibility. If there exists an antonym for "insipid," NLMG would illustrate that definition.
John B.
Raech
Oct 18, 2007
Never Let Me Go
This quiet yet disturbing story begins as the reminisces of a thirty-year old woman of her years growing up in a secluded boarding school called Halisham. It is the story of Kathy, her best friend Ruth and the passive Tommy, a trio that forms a shifting love triangle. At first the focus is on kids in a private school with their cliques and changing loyalties, pranks, team sports, art classes and speculations about the professors. But there's something very odd about this school. The materials are downright shabby, the teachers are overly anxious to instill in the students how "special" they are, there's a strange emphasis on creativity and very strict regiments to keep them in excellent health. Kept confused and unknowing, the reader shares Kathy's ignorance, only seeing the world through her naive perspective. Slowly it becomes clear what is going on, suspicions being quelled as quickly as they arise- because the truth is so awful the students don't want to know about it and keep themselves in the dark, acting like perpetual children. Even when they grow into young adults and leave Halisham for their final purpose, they retain a passivity and apathetic acceptance of their fate that stems from a loss of all hope...
Ishiguro's understated writing style echoes the mood of the story: solemn, overshadowed and monotone. The whole book feels like an overcast day where you can't see far ahead of you but it's all so gloomy you don't even want to very much. We never learn much about the world at large and its connections to the awful purpose for students of Halisham, because the book isn't about science fiction or medicine. It's about humanity and hope in the face of severe exploitation of the most disposable group of human society: clones.
2cents
Oct 16, 2007
Ardent Captives?
Fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly, man gotta wonder, 'Why? Why? Why?' Found it described as a page turner, and I agree. The pace is steady though. The effect is to hold this book in the mind long enough to begin to care a good deal about the characters and their plight, which really is all of our plights though it might take a work of art to remind us of that. 'Dancing in the Dark' was not the song used to title the work, but as the characters move from ignorance to acceptance we are really with them every step of the way (at least I was). If you are like me, this book will strike a chord within you and will have you pondering the nature of life with the inevitability of death. You might want to listen to Bill Evan's beautiful rendition of the Livingston/Evans tune, "Never Let Me Go', after you've finished the book. Yearning.
